Septuagesima Sunday Today, my dear Friends, with the Roman liturgy we enter the Easter cycle, by this Sunday called Septuagesima, being roughly the 70th day before Easter. A number of significant things change today: we leave aside the celebratory green in favour of the…

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany In today’s Gospel, we hear the parable of the wheat and the cockle. Our Blessed Lord sows His good grain, that is to say, His word through the preaching of the Gospel, through the inspirations of His grace, and through…

6-8 February 2025  This month, I offer some reflections on three of the Beatitudes which will help us work towards the coming of God’s kingdom, and obtain the answers to our monthly prayers. If we can implement them, our hearts will be more pure…

Candlemas Forty days after the birth of Our Lord at Christmas, we celebrate with joy the triple feast of the Purification of Our Lady, the Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple and Candlemas. It is the day on which the Divine Child…

Third Sunday after Epiphany Today’s Gospel presents us with our Lord encountering a leper as He comes down from giving the Sermon on the Mount. Leprosy, which in our day is curable, was in former times considered to be a curse of God. It…

Second Sunday after Epiphany The Gospel of Cana holds many lessons dear to us all, especially to our community placed under the patronage of Our Lady of Cana. For today, let’s focus on one apparently insignificant detail. By the way, there is no such…

First Sunday after Epiphany The feast of the Holy Family is a recent addition to the Church’s liturgy. The reason is obvious. It wasn’t until modern times that the human family, as instituted by God and sanctified by Christ, came under virulent attack. What…

Epiphany The three wise men, otherwise known as the Magi, were God-seekers. They had studied the stars, for they had heard of the prophecy of Balaam, that a star would rise out of Jacob (cf. Num 24:17). Their gaze is ever turned towards Heaven….

The Most Holy Name of Jesus  This Sunday we honour the Holy Name of Jesus, the Name given to the newborn Babe on the day of His circumcision. Last Sunday we noted in the Gospel within the octave of Christmas the prophecy of Simeon…